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The apes have conquered the multiplex. Expected to earn around $30 million in its opening weekend, 20th Century Fox’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes surprised the box office with a $54 million opening, easily taking the top spot. Meanwhile, the weekends other new movie, “The Change Up” continued Green Lantern …

With an astounding estimated worldwide box office total of more than $476 million, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” shattered multiple domestic and international box office records in a history-making opening weekend. While the film topped the previous record holder, “The Dark Knight,” in …

Paramount’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon remained a goliath in its second weekend to become the top box office draw of 2011. Grabbing another $47 million at the U.s. box office, the robots easily stomped newcomers “Horrible Bosses” and “The Zookeeper.” The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per data …

Paramount’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon has transformed into the third best worldwide debut of all time, smashing records and grossing a whopping $372 million through Sunday. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince scored the best worldwide debut of all time in grossing $394 million, followed by Spider-Man 3 at $382 million. …

Cars 2 easily won the weekend box office race, grossing $68 million and far outpacing expectations. The Pixar sequel beat the $60.1 million debut of the original Cars, scored the fourth best opening of 2011, and delivered Pixar its 12th No. 1 opening. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, …

J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 opened to $37 million at the domestic box office to take the top spot dueing a weekend that saw a major drop in box office receipts. After huge weekends from ‘Hangover 2’ and ‘X-men: First Class” only a last minute marketing push by Paramount allowed ‘Super 8’ …

Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides crossed the $600 million mark at the worldwide box office on Sunday, matching the industry record for speed set by the last Pirates film. Both On Stranger Tides and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End reached $600 million in only 12 days Part of the …

“The Hangover 2” blew away the competition at the box office over the Memorial Day weekend. The sequel to the highest grossing R-rated comedy brought in $86.4 million over the weekend, bringing its total since release on Wednesday to $118 million. The Top-12 grossing motion pictures for the weekend, per …

“Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” dominated the box office in its first week, bringing in an estimated $90.1 million. “Thor,” which held the spot for the previous two weeks, dropped to third thanks to a stronger than expected performance by “Bridesmaids,” which held on to the number 2 …

The box office had a strong weekend, with both “Bridesmaids” and “Priest” outperforming expectations. “Bridesmaids” brought in $24.4 million to take second place while “Priest” earned $14.5 million taking the number four spot. Neither of these strong performers could catch “Thor,” which repeated at the top spot. “Thor” earned $34.5 …